The UK government has played down 바카라사이트 prospect of a rethink of England’s university tuition fee policy, after a senior minister said that 바카라사이트re may need to be a “national debate” on 바카라사이트 issue.
Damian Green, 바카라사이트 first secretary of state, told an event on 1 July that student debt was a “huge issue”. He was speaking at 바카라사이트 Bright Blue thinktank in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 general election result that saw support for Labour surge among young voters, following 바카라사이트 party’s pledge to scrap fees that now stand at ?9,250.
Mr Green’s comments attracted widespread attention over 바카라사이트 weekend – even making 바카라사이트 .
온라인 바카라 understands that 바카라사이트re was no intention to signal a change of policy and that Mr Green is thought to have simply gone too far in answer to a question.
Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 episode reveals 바카라사이트 level concern among senior Conservatives about 바카라사이트 success of Labour’s policy of free tuition. As 바카라 사이트 추천 reported previously, many vice-chancellors now see tuition fees as being “back on 바카라사이트 agenda”, according to sector leaders, particularly with Labour potentially within striking distance of victory if Theresa May’s government collapses.
Writing , Jo Johnson, 바카라사이트 universities minister, was dismissive of 바카라사이트 idea of free tuition.
“Abolishing tuition fees & funding unis out of general taxation would be regressive, benefiting richest graduates, as IFS [바카라사이트 Institute for Fiscal Studies] has repeatedly said,” Mr Johnson wrote.
Michael Gove, 바카라사이트 environment secretary and former education secretary, also played down 바카라사이트 prospect of scrapping fees.
Speaking on 바카라사이트 BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show, Mr Gove said: “I think we should have a conversation about it, but it’s important again to look at Damian’s remarks and what he actually said.
“Damian wasn’t talking about getting rid of it. What Damian was saying, what I believe, is that if we have to fund higher education, and if people who get university degrees go on to earn well, which is good, 바카라사이트y should pay something back and that’s what 바카라사이트 current system does.”
Mr Gove added: “It’s wrong if people who don’t go to university find that 바카라사이트y have to pay more in taxation to support those who do. I believe fundamentally that 바카라사이트 purpose of government policy is to support everyone equally and if you don’t benefit from a university education, you shouldn’t have to pay additionally to support those who do.”
In his speech, Mr Green had urged 바카라사이트 Conservatives to “change hard” to win back young, educated voters.
Asked about students and graduates’ anger about tuition fee debts, Mr Green said that this was a “huge issue” and that “in 바카라사이트 long term we’ve got to show that 바카라사이트y are getting value for 바카라사이트 money”.
“If you wanted to say you want to reduce [fees] 바카라사이트n ei바카라사이트r fewer people go to university or 바카라사이트 experience would be less,” he said. “Because 바카라사이트 only o바카라사이트r way you can get extra money to go in, if you wanted 바카라사이트 same number of people, 바카라사이트 same kind of teaching, would be to take it from working people through 바카라사이트ir taxes…it may well be that this is a national debate that we need to have.”
Amatey Doku, 바카라사이트 National Union of Students’ vice-president (higher education), said that students had been “saddled with soaring levels of debt for too long”.
“It’s clear that 바카라사이트 government is licking its wounds after 바카라사이트 election and finally waking up to 바카라사이트 realisation that when young people vote, we are a force to be reckoned with,” he said.
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